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voice your moral support the way that ronald reagan did. this president won't do that. get them the weapons so it is a fair fight. establish a free zone to organize. everything we worried about if we intervened has now happened because we didn't. there is rise of al qaeda and extremism and greater threat of use of chemical weapons. this president announced that if bashar al assad uses chemical weapons that would cross the red line. isn't he telling bashar al assad he can do anything up to that? >> international envoy is meeting in cairo tomorrow with officials to discuss the crisis. >>> tuesday in this country america will honor 9/11. s. [ female announcer ] it doesn't always work out that way. you know what? we're spending too much money on eating out anyway. honey, come look at this. [ female announcer ] y money map from wells fargo is a free online tool that helps you track your spending. so instead of having to deal with a tight budget, you could have a tighter family. ♪ wells fargo. together we'll go far. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive
voice your moral support the way that ronald reagan did. this president won't do that. get them the weapons so it is a fair fight. establish a free zone to organize. everything we worried about if we intervened has now happened because we didn't. there is rise of al qaeda and extremism and greater threat of use of chemical weapons. this president announced that if bashar al assad uses chemical weapons that would cross the red line. isn't he telling bashar al assad he can do anything up to that?...
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we are separated today from ronald reagan as i was from tom dewey. there is so much about republicanism and conservative that is compelling and that is appealing to people of all kinds of ethnicities, men and women, sexual orientations of every variety. americans are entrepreneurial, workers, savers, and want the message, but don't want to be told that they belong to 47% that doesn't count. >> david, a real fight on your hands within the republican party. david frum, author of "why romney lost," crystal ball and steve kornacki, thank you for joining me. >>> coming up, the first battle that will be fought in the republican civil war will be over taxes and some republicans are already sounding like liberal democrats on that one. carolyn finney and jonathan capehart will join me. sex, lies, and e-mail brought down the director of the cia. tonight, the story is getting stranger by the hour. the newest twist involves the shirtless e-mails of one of the fbi investigatoinvestigators, a the hour, law enforcement officials have conducted a search of paula bro
we are separated today from ronald reagan as i was from tom dewey. there is so much about republicanism and conservative that is compelling and that is appealing to people of all kinds of ethnicities, men and women, sexual orientations of every variety. americans are entrepreneurial, workers, savers, and want the message, but don't want to be told that they belong to 47% that doesn't count. >> david, a real fight on your hands within the republican party. david frum, author of "why...
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and on ronald reagan, newt gingrich is no ronald reagan. >> gingrich blamed it on the media attack machine. >> michael is here and will be campaigning with me here in florida. i remember fondly in 1985 at the gold w goldwater institute and nancy said that ronnie ga-- barry gav ronnie the torchf and now ronnie is passing the torch. >> newt gingrich is not the first person who argues over who carries the mantle best, but does it mean anything? ronald reagan was an icon, but he was elected president in the disco era, and many young republican voters have no idea, and they are into ron paul, and he barely mentions him. and ronald reagan dealt with the economic woes in his time by raising taxes. >>> and larry says that invoking reagan's name doesn't tell you anything, because it is a candidate might do, because reagan has everything to everything, but it is much like jfk to the democrats. >> if you want to talk more about it, go to facebook.com/carolcnn. i will read your responses later in the hour. >> it is interesting, because i remember reagan as a young person at the time, and it is almost
and on ronald reagan, newt gingrich is no ronald reagan. >> gingrich blamed it on the media attack machine. >> michael is here and will be campaigning with me here in florida. i remember fondly in 1985 at the gold w goldwater institute and nancy said that ronnie ga-- barry gav ronnie the torchf and now ronnie is passing the torch. >> newt gingrich is not the first person who argues over who carries the mantle best, but does it mean anything? ronald reagan was an icon, but he...
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the same thing is true of ronald reagan. now, sometimes the public sense of self reliance and committee is not static. just because we are in the valley one day does not mean we cannot ascend to the mountain next. let not your heart be trouble. but realism is also important. as a conservative, we have to realize that our task is very different and in some aspects more difficult than we ever thought. we have to make the case, a compelling case in human terms, in moral terms why this dependency is bad for the country. it is bad for the individuals. we have to present a vivid picture to people of why human happiness is increased and not decreased by limited government. joining me to weigh in on what happened last night, the author of the new york times best seller, mugged. ann coulter is here. how are you? >> fine, thank you. and you. >> sean: fine. what do you think? >> i was wrong. i said romney was going to win, but the states i chose for him, he won or we were still counting until 3:00 in the morning. so i was close. but i
the same thing is true of ronald reagan. now, sometimes the public sense of self reliance and committee is not static. just because we are in the valley one day does not mean we cannot ascend to the mountain next. let not your heart be trouble. but realism is also important. as a conservative, we have to realize that our task is very different and in some aspects more difficult than we ever thought. we have to make the case, a compelling case in human terms, in moral terms why this dependency...
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i thought ronald reagan had a fairly successful second term and bill clinton's was marred by his own personal issues. second trerms difficult. w. had a difficult time. one of the things i think they underestimate at the white house and the treasury is the idea of doing tax reform. when you both were probably in preschool, i was covering the '85, '86, tax reform act, and to call it heavy lifting is an understatement. it took a savvy, smart treasury secretary, jim baker, working with capitol hill and a supportive president, and democrats and republicans. i don't see any of those ingredients today to do tax reform in 2013, 2014. >> especially if the president is going to have a new treasury secretary. itim geithner, this has sort of been his-- tim geithner wanted to be behind tax reform, wanted to be the force behind corporate tax reform. that might speak to tim geithner staying on a little long fer they think they can get something done in the first six months. >> why is anything different now? why is anything different in the second term? >> good point. >> i'll turn the hosting to you
i thought ronald reagan had a fairly successful second term and bill clinton's was marred by his own personal issues. second trerms difficult. w. had a difficult time. one of the things i think they underestimate at the white house and the treasury is the idea of doing tax reform. when you both were probably in preschool, i was covering the '85, '86, tax reform act, and to call it heavy lifting is an understatement. it took a savvy, smart treasury secretary, jim baker, working with capitol hill...
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i ran for ronald reagan, ronald reagan -- many thought until obama was the most ideological president. ronald reagan compromised on everything we have talked about. >> caller: talk about the compromise. today, right after speaker boehner gave his statement about reaching out to compromise, the ways & means committee ranking member, democrat from michigan, puts out a press release and refers to the republicans must end their intransigence. so he insults them right away. how do they begin to have any communication and compromise whether they send out insults to the media. >> that goes back to presidential leadership. if the president doesn't crack the whip and get his own people in line, how does he expect to get the other side to -- to work with him? >> caller: i appreciate you coming, governor, so i could yell at you for my frustration for the government. >> that's good -- >> caller: i feel much better. thank you. i feel much better now. >> thanks for having me. >> caller: thank you, governor. is there good news for wisconsin republicans? despite selecting a democrat to the senate and
i ran for ronald reagan, ronald reagan -- many thought until obama was the most ideological president. ronald reagan compromised on everything we have talked about. >> caller: talk about the compromise. today, right after speaker boehner gave his statement about reaching out to compromise, the ways & means committee ranking member, democrat from michigan, puts out a press release and refers to the republicans must end their intransigence. so he insults them right away. how do they...
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if you thing of ronald reagan and george bush senior, clearly the elites preferred them. what's the mood right now among its elite? >> well, let me emphasize one point. both romney and obama will be acceptable to them. you know, the day that both are very careful, prak mattic souls. at the same time there's no doubt there's a clear preference for obama in the region. how many presidents do you know have spent their childhood in asia. how many speak the asian agents and have a sensitivity that obama has. so i guess the clear preference, too, would be for obama over romney. >> the one country, i mean if you had a survey in which they asked countries whom you'd prefer, i think all the countries were polled. one country was pakistan, which i assume thinks it will have fewer drone attacks if romney is president, which i think maybe be a mistaken assumption. one place not polled that would also be possibly true, israel. would you say in israel romney would be preferred to obama? >> it's not that simple. i think they're just as divided. it's absolutely true that the israeli cent
if you thing of ronald reagan and george bush senior, clearly the elites preferred them. what's the mood right now among its elite? >> well, let me emphasize one point. both romney and obama will be acceptable to them. you know, the day that both are very careful, prak mattic souls. at the same time there's no doubt there's a clear preference for obama in the region. how many presidents do you know have spent their childhood in asia. how many speak the asian agents and have a sensitivity...
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>> the same way ronald reagan did. ronald reagan in december of '79 was 30 points behind jimmy carter. and he made the case that the candidate with ideas, the candidate with conservative values, the candidate who could articulate and defend his position was in the end going to be the best candidate. the country decided he was right. i think if you look at newt.org and you look at all the things we've developed, i can go toe to toe with president obama on big things. there are big differences. you know, romney care and obama care were this far apart. a pretty big debate. i'm for dramatically lower taxes. the president is for much higher taxes. i'm for less regulation. the president's for more regulation. i'm for strength overseas to defend israel and to defend the united states. the president's for weakness overseas. i think you can draw a very strong case that in the end the dynamics of a gingrich/obama fight are much better for republicans than the dynamics of a romney/obama fight. >> and let me ask you, you released
>> the same way ronald reagan did. ronald reagan in december of '79 was 30 points behind jimmy carter. and he made the case that the candidate with ideas, the candidate with conservative values, the candidate who could articulate and defend his position was in the end going to be the best candidate. the country decided he was right. i think if you look at newt.org and you look at all the things we've developed, i can go toe to toe with president obama on big things. there are big...
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go back and read what the editorial board of "the new york times" wrote about ronald reagan. go back and read what main -- i mean, my god, seriously? if somebody decided to just write a book on slanderous quotes against ronald reagan throughout the 1980s by the people now saying, well, you know, he was a reasonable republican, that would be a fun book to read. >> but what do you think about that argument that, ronald reagan wouldn't recognize his own party? >> it's very simple. very, very simple. and we go back to father pat buchanan, who always -- >> mon-signore. >> and this is the way that -- i mean, you should look at it. he always talked about political athletes. barack obama was a great political athlete. hillary clinton, a great political athlete. in 2012, the conservatives were the clunkers. that didn't run the 4.3 40. they run the 7.4 40 while eating a big mac and smoking a cigarette. and mitt romney wasn't flashy, but the moderate this year had the best operation, was best in the debates, and was the best political athlete, which again is not saying a whole lot. but
go back and read what the editorial board of "the new york times" wrote about ronald reagan. go back and read what main -- i mean, my god, seriously? if somebody decided to just write a book on slanderous quotes against ronald reagan throughout the 1980s by the people now saying, well, you know, he was a reasonable republican, that would be a fun book to read. >> but what do you think about that argument that, ronald reagan wouldn't recognize his own party? >> it's very...
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nancy reagan said that ronald reagan's torch had been passed to me as speaker of the house and i was carrying out the values that he believed in. >>> is it a legitimate comparison and will it really matter really come election day? that is fair game next. but, first, a political junkie question. what percentage of voters identified themselves as conservatives in the florida gop primary? was it 55%, 61%, or 68%? shout out to the first person that brings me the right answer to @randikayecnn. ough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer up to 9 months. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis a
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that ronald reagan moment. that, you know, quip no one was anticipating that seems to sort of, you know, grab the public attention. it can be for good or ill. for both of the candidates the challenge is really to be relaxed enough to get the message across in a way but not so loose you trip over your tongue and cause yourself harm. candidly it's mitt romney who has had the problem in the appearances lately. in that regard, i think if he makes it through without doing anything like that, that alope puts him in game. >> bret: one thing you watch is the dynamic between the two. what is not spoken. just body language, kind of the interaction. what do r you looking for in the first 30 minutes let's say? >> we have never seen them together on a stage. they met once or twice before. it will be interesting to see how it plays out. we can think of one debate where the body language between the two candidates made a difference. bush versus gore, gore acted supercilious and condescending toward governor bush. it played ba
that ronald reagan moment. that, you know, quip no one was anticipating that seems to sort of, you know, grab the public attention. it can be for good or ill. for both of the candidates the challenge is really to be relaxed enough to get the message across in a way but not so loose you trip over your tongue and cause yourself harm. candidly it's mitt romney who has had the problem in the appearances lately. in that regard, i think if he makes it through without doing anything like that, that...
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that's not what ronald reagan stood for and barack obama should remove it. >> ronald reagan raised taxes 16 times. you're right, it's not ak are the -- accurate. >> he was against socialized health care. we could go on and on. >> you can go to the website. >> it's not reaganomics. >> on nald r >> reagan wanted to uncomplicate the tax code. >> i guess we could talk about every president. next time we'll go to the whole website. as i let you go, we have to bring up the parity the republicans are doing because of the website. you have to see their comeback. obama with einstein and bill gates in the early das of microsoft. do we have that image? we were supposed to have that image. gosh darn it. never mind. i guess you're going to have to go online and see it. we'll have to go see it. >> exactly. >> thank you. >> thank you, kyra. [ male announcer ] research suggests the health of our cells plays a key role throughout our entire lives. ♪ one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. ♪ it has more of seven antioxidants to support cell health.
that's not what ronald reagan stood for and barack obama should remove it. >> ronald reagan raised taxes 16 times. you're right, it's not ak are the -- accurate. >> he was against socialized health care. we could go on and on. >> you can go to the website. >> it's not reaganomics. >> on nald r >> reagan wanted to uncomplicate the tax code. >> i guess we could talk about every president. next time we'll go to the whole website. as i let you go, we have...
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. >> you said something earlier about ronald reagan. john avlon has a question on that. >> obviously you revere ronald reagan and rightly so. but sometimes when we idolize people, we oversimplify. the whole reason we're having this debate right now is bowles/simpson, gang of 6 lowered tax rates but raised revenue by closing loopholes. here's the thing -- >> $2 trillion. >> that is exactly the outline of the plan that was put forward in 1986 by ronald reagan. >> no, no, no absolutely not. >> you're wrong, grover. the reagan library confirmed for me that that 1986 tax deal closed loopholes and raised revenue. you're at war with ronald reagan add his library himself. you have to face the facts. >> the facts are on the numbers. that was a revenue-neutral tax reform. sure, revenue goes up when you put more people to work, when you have lower rates and you actually move the -- have more economic growth. i support, of course, taxpayer groups support lower tax rates to have more growth. that will mean more revenue, but not a tax increase. the t
. >> you said something earlier about ronald reagan. john avlon has a question on that. >> obviously you revere ronald reagan and rightly so. but sometimes when we idolize people, we oversimplify. the whole reason we're having this debate right now is bowles/simpson, gang of 6 lowered tax rates but raised revenue by closing loopholes. here's the thing -- >> $2 trillion. >> that is exactly the outline of the plan that was put forward in 1986 by ronald reagan. >> no,...
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thatcher was ambulance the books and ronald reagan was cut taxes. she was the british prime minister, she was the president, different economies. lowering taxes creates more efficient economies, allow wealth to be -- and income and enterprise to be promoted. but i think in the context of having public finances that are unsustainable, you've got to do something about that, and you can't just assume you cut taxes and the money pays for itself. >> what is your principal concern in terms of the obstacles to a general global recovery but also, of course, a british one? >> well, i guess the oil price would be, if i had to name one thing at the moment. i do think the risks in the eurozone have entirely dissipated even with the action of the european central bank, but they are certainly much less than they were just a couple of months ago. i look at that oil price at the moment, i'm keconcerned about tt because you saw actually the end of 2010, early 2011, how that knocked the stuffing out of the global recovery, high oil price. and that is something that w
thatcher was ambulance the books and ronald reagan was cut taxes. she was the british prime minister, she was the president, different economies. lowering taxes creates more efficient economies, allow wealth to be -- and income and enterprise to be promoted. but i think in the context of having public finances that are unsustainable, you've got to do something about that, and you can't just assume you cut taxes and the money pays for itself. >> what is your principal concern in terms of...
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knew ronald reagan. no one talked about him on the left that way at the time. >> what the conversation they had afterwards, i think there's a sense in rational, reasonable people on both sides of the aisle, that there's not a place to have a conversation that you don't get thrown at. to go to a place in the middle where we can resolve that. what those focus groups said over and over, i don't know if i trust any of them. if they say one little thing, or bill client yn said something about barack obama and he has to back way off. anybody trying to get close to the middle, let's come together, on either side, left or right, they get bombarded. >> i want to get to that. the president made an argument building on that. basically, this election is about breaking the stalemate. we have seen the big ideas come out on both sides of the economy. this election is going to determine it. >> what's holding us back is a stalemate in washington. between two fundamentally different views of which direction america should
knew ronald reagan. no one talked about him on the left that way at the time. >> what the conversation they had afterwards, i think there's a sense in rational, reasonable people on both sides of the aisle, that there's not a place to have a conversation that you don't get thrown at. to go to a place in the middle where we can resolve that. what those focus groups said over and over, i don't know if i trust any of them. if they say one little thing, or bill client yn said something about...
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reagan. >> and ronald reagan who is a natural step in what we have always found in the country a democrat, lower case d, synthesis. >> and i'm surprised at jfk, because a martyred president whose assassination shaped the way a generation of historians and writers have looked at him as a fallen good president, and do you believe that jfk will farewell 50 years from now? >> yes. i base my opinion on evan's great treatment of his treatment of bobby kennedy, because when you think of the son of a president, an appeaser who is sittinaround in a room having the manhood and the courage challenged by generals over nuclear missiles and his having the courage to compromise and to make the deal he made to avoid what could have been a nuclear war in october of 1962, and yeah, you get on the mountain. >> so when is it going to matter how a president treats women? >> soon. [ laughter ] >> that is a weighted question by someone who would never put jfk or another certain president on there. >> because of the personal conduct? >> yes. >> and treating people who are in many ways far below him on a level of
reagan. >> and ronald reagan who is a natural step in what we have always found in the country a democrat, lower case d, synthesis. >> and i'm surprised at jfk, because a martyred president whose assassination shaped the way a generation of historians and writers have looked at him as a fallen good president, and do you believe that jfk will farewell 50 years from now? >> yes. i base my opinion on evan's great treatment of his treatment of bobby kennedy, because when you think...
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if you think of ronald reagan and george bush sr., clearly the asians, certainly asian elites preferred them. what's the mood right now among asia's elite? >> well, let me emphasize one point. both romney and obama will be acceptable to the asians. you know, the day that both are very careful, pragmatic souls. romney has surged to the center after he got the republican nomination, and you're right, in general republicans have done very well in asia. at the same time to be absolutely accurate, there's no doubt there's a clear preference for obama in the region. how many presidents do you know have spent their childhood in asia. especially like indonesia, how many speak the asian and have a sensitivity that obama has. so i guess the clear preference, too, would be for obama over romney. >> the one country, i mean if you had a survey in which they asked countries whom you'd prefer, i think all the countries were polled. except one that preferred obama, that one country was pakistan, which i assume thinks it will have fewer drone attacks if romney is president, which i think may be a mistak
if you think of ronald reagan and george bush sr., clearly the asians, certainly asian elites preferred them. what's the mood right now among asia's elite? >> well, let me emphasize one point. both romney and obama will be acceptable to the asians. you know, the day that both are very careful, pragmatic souls. romney has surged to the center after he got the republican nomination, and you're right, in general republicans have done very well in asia. at the same time to be absolutely...
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you know, this is not a choice between mitt romney and ronald reagan. these ads could explain gingrich's restraint. restore our future jammed the air ways in iowa in september. newt has more baggage than the airlines. >> ever notice some people make a lot of mistakes? so far newt gingrich has admitted his mistakes or flipped on taeping up with pelosi, immigration, medicare, health care. >> there were ads like this one coming here. >> who has the right experience? mitt romney helped create thousands of of jobs. >> romney res the olympics, santorum was in washington voting to raise the debt limit five times. >> do you believe mitt romney is the right guy? >> i think -- obviously i believed i was the better choice, but i'm not in the race anymore. >> is there the right guy? >> absolutely, he is the person that is going to go up against barack obama, it's clear, and we need to win this race. >> isn't that -- it's not mishearing things, you just endorsed mitt romney. >> if that's what you want to call it. >> it's like he's slow talking. what is it about romn
you know, this is not a choice between mitt romney and ronald reagan. these ads could explain gingrich's restraint. restore our future jammed the air ways in iowa in september. newt has more baggage than the airlines. >> ever notice some people make a lot of mistakes? so far newt gingrich has admitted his mistakes or flipped on taeping up with pelosi, immigration, medicare, health care. >> there were ads like this one coming here. >> who has the right experience? mitt romney...
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. >> rose: ronald reagan is one. >> ronald reagan,. [ laughter ] >> ronald reagan -- ronald wilson reagan, for sure but also the national security. that was a huge issue back then with prisoners iran and hostages in iran and this time the guy who bagged bin laden is not going to be soft on foreign policy. i thinthe one thing i said earlier that the question was when would gingrich self-destruct. i should learn to defer to mark halperin on everything gingrich now. i don't know if heill -- i do not know if he will self-destruct at all, but i do think that is the conventional wisdom among the smarter republican anythings and i would say for l-round these problems and they are very real and outlined tonight let's not forget there are a lot of things that newt gingrich hasn't handled terribly well, not just his personal issues. we broke that freddie mac story three weeks ago and still resonating today and still had to put another explanation out tonight. so it remains to be seen how newt will do as a stem front runner in the next week or so. i wonder if he, in fact,ad said, yes, indeed that iw
. >> rose: ronald reagan is one. >> ronald reagan,. [ laughter ] >> ronald reagan -- ronald wilson reagan, for sure but also the national security. that was a huge issue back then with prisoners iran and hostages in iran and this time the guy who bagged bin laden is not going to be soft on foreign policy. i thinthe one thing i said earlier that the question was when would gingrich self-destruct. i should learn to defer to mark halperin on everything gingrich now. i don't know...
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>> this like the cement cracking around ronald reagan's feet, the first time he raised taxes. i remember when he said that. >> yes, exactly. well, i think the speaker, i think, is setting the tone, as you saw on the front page, above the fold in "the washington post," you know. call his caucus to task, saying he's got to get the nation's business done. and i think what he said implicitly and probably directly behind the door is, trust me on this. you know, i get it. i understand what we need to do. we're not going to sacrifice our principles and values, but we've got to get the nation's business done. and then when we have a bill kristol coming out and saying, you know, they're all rich guys who live out in hollywood. we can raise their taxes. what an 180-degree turn. >> they're not the small business men. >> you'll probably note this, what an election will do. winning and losing has a consequence. and i think for a lot of republicans right now, given where we were two years ago versus where we are right now, you realize, hey, we're going to have to deal. we're going to have t
>> this like the cement cracking around ronald reagan's feet, the first time he raised taxes. i remember when he said that. >> yes, exactly. well, i think the speaker, i think, is setting the tone, as you saw on the front page, above the fold in "the washington post," you know. call his caucus to task, saying he's got to get the nation's business done. and i think what he said implicitly and probably directly behind the door is, trust me on this. you know, i get it. i...
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ronald reagan was opposed to it, but mitt romney is one of the big ben fisheries of it. that's why mitt romney own pace 15% of his income in taxes. that's where we want some equity in taxes. >> if we lower the capital gains rate it was going to create jobs. well, we've got nine years of experience now. where are the jobs? if this is a good strategy, we should be in a country where we're desperate to find enough workers instead of having millions of people out of work. it's a failed strategy. the evidence is in. congress needs to act. >> eliot: and look, you're saying two things here that are so critical. one, the evidence, and we've had nine years of evidence. lowering the capital gains rate simply did not increase investment that generated job creation. point two, ronald ray gran who is the ultimate icon in the republican party for tax cutting, he well recognized what you said, income is income, where it comes from, how it's derived, it doesn't matter. it should be taxed at the same marginal rate. is there anybody in the republican party who will stand up and embrace th
ronald reagan was opposed to it, but mitt romney is one of the big ben fisheries of it. that's why mitt romney own pace 15% of his income in taxes. that's where we want some equity in taxes. >> if we lower the capital gains rate it was going to create jobs. well, we've got nine years of experience now. where are the jobs? if this is a good strategy, we should be in a country where we're desperate to find enough workers instead of having millions of people out of work. it's a failed...
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and ronald reagan and the first president bush. and in the same way, though, i mean, he did not do that in one term. he did not do that in one term. and i think it's important to remember that. >> schieffer: let me ask you about that. can you honestly say that people are better off today than they were four years ago? >> no, but that's not the question of this election. the question, without a doubt, we are not as well off as we were before george bush brought us the bush job losses,s bush recessions, the bush deficits, the series of desert wars, charged for the first time to credit cards, the national credit cards -- >> schieffer: but i mean, governor richardson and stephanie cutter. george bush is not on the ballots. >> but we are making progress. >> in terms of the question, "are people better off today than they were four years ago?" i want to remind you what was happening four years ago at this time. in the quarter before the president took office, we lost three million jobs. our country was bleeding. our financial system was
and ronald reagan and the first president bush. and in the same way, though, i mean, he did not do that in one term. he did not do that in one term. and i think it's important to remember that. >> schieffer: let me ask you about that. can you honestly say that people are better off today than they were four years ago? >> no, but that's not the question of this election. the question, without a doubt, we are not as well off as we were before george bush brought us the bush job...